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Airbag
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WARNING (continued )
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Airbag work most effectively when used with properly worn
safety belts .
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Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that
everybody in your vehicle is properly restrained .
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WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat , especially infants and small
children, will receive serious injuries and can even be killed by
being too close to the airbag when it inflates .
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Although the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle is
designed to turn off the front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passenger seat, nobody can absolutely
guarantee that deployment under these special conditions is
impossible in all conceivable situations that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle.
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The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in accordance with the
"low risk" option under the U.S. Federal Standard if a child that is
heavier than the typical one-year old child is on the front
passenger seat and the other condition s for airbag deployment
are met.
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Accident statistics have shown that children are generally safer
in the rear seat area than in the front seating position.
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For their own safety, all children, especially 12 years and
younger, should alway s ride in the back properly restrained for
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Advanced
front
airbag
system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced Airbag System in
compliance wit h Unit ed States Feder al Mot or Vehicle Safety Standar d
208 as app licab le at the time your vehicle was manufactured.
Controls and equip-
ment
Safety first
Vehicle operation
The front Advanced Airbag System supp lements the safety belts to
prov ide add itional prote ction for t he dr ive r's and fr ont passenge r's
heads a nd upper bodies in fro ntal crashes. The airbags inflate on ly in
fronta l im pacts w he n the vehicle dece le ration is high enoug h.
The front Advanced Airbag Syst e m for t he fron t se at oc cu pan t s is no t
a substitute for your safety be lts. Rathe r, it is part of the overa ll occu-
pa nt res t ra int system in yo ur ve hicle. Always remembe r th at t he
airbag system can on ly help to protect you, if yo u are s itting upr ight,
we ar ing yo ur sa fety be lt a nd wear ing it prope rly. This is why you and
your passengers must always be properly restra ined, not just beca use
t he law requires you to be.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicl e has been cert ified to
meet the "low ris k" requirements fo r 3 and 6 year-old child ren on the
pas senge r side an d very sma ll adults on the d river side. The low risk
deployment criter ia a re intended to he lp red uce the risk of injury
t hroug h int er action wit h t he fr ont a irbag t hat can oc cur, fo r exam ple,
by being too close to the steering wheel and instr ument panel when
t he ai rbag inflates.
In addit ion, the system has bee n certified to comply wit h t he
"sup pr ession" requirements
of the Safety Sta nda rd, to turn off the
front airbag for infants 12 mont hs old a nd you nger w ho are
restra ined o n the front passenger seat in child restraints that are
listed in the Sta nd a rd::::>
page
150, "Child rest ra ints a nd Advanced
Airbags".
"Supp ression" re qu ires t he fron t airb ag on t he passenger side to be
t urn ed off if:
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a ch ild up to about one yea r of age is restrained on the front
passenger seat in one of t he re a r-fa cing or forwar d -fac ing infant
restra ints listed in Federal Moto r Vehicle Safety Stan dard 208 with
w hich the Advanc e d Airbag System in you r ve hicle was certi fie d . For a
list ing of the child rest raints t hat were used to ce rtify your vehicle's
co m p liance wit h th e US Sa fe ty St a nd ard =>
page
150 ,
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we ight less than a thresho ld level stored in the contro l unit is
de t ected on t he fr o nt passenge r sea t .
Vehicle care
Do-it-yourself service
Technical data
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